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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 00:43:25 No.8686210 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686216 >>8686237 >>8686341 >>8686452 >>8686690

Anyone else missing out on the cosplay fun?

I'm totally broke, jobless, in college. I live in New Zealand and don't have any friends. So I never get to cosplay or even try to.

I'm really envious of you guys for having such cool costumes, and friends you can share the fun with. I just don't know if I'll ever get the chance to do the same :/

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 00:47:30 No.8686216 Report Delete

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>>8686210

whore yourself out for costume money.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:03:00 No.8686237 Report Delete

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>>8686210
Perhaps once you finish college you'll have been smart enough to get into a field that'll get you the money you want for cosplay.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:08:01 No.8686244 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686310 >>8686533 >>8686578 >>8686613 >>8686657

>tfw went to grad school instead of getting a job
>tfw I'll have dickloads of money just in time to be "that 26 year old guy at the con"

hooray

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:32:58 No.8686293 Report Delete

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My autism at cons prevents me from doing anything beyond standing and walking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:39:40 No.8686310 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686359

>>8686244
Dude at least you're not a fucking 28 year old lolita who can't get her life together.

>inb4 fuck the haters wear sweet until you die
being old sucks and it never gets better, you just end up dying. Sure I'll wear brand on my death bed, but it's not going to be any fun is it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:57:35 No.8686341 Report Delete

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>>8686210
>I'm totally broke, jobless, in college
Who's paying for things, then?
Go out, get a job. Don't think fast food is beneath you. This is the ground floor of employment. Things go up from there.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:06:21 No.8686359 Report Delete

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>>8686310
a-are you me?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:32:38 No.8686408 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686442 >>8686447 >>8686786

>>8686359
I'm glad someone else gets it.

...how many dresses do you got cause I'm just getting started but I've got one in my closet and two more coming. I feel like I'm very late to getting into the hobby and would have done so sooner if I had money back when I first saw it. I wish I had saved up back then.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:58:31 No.8686442 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686447 >>8686783 >>8688563

>>8686408

I'm 25 now and I've been lurking here and talking about buying a dress for at least 5 years. At least I'm mostly interested in Gothic which can work nicely for older people... It's got to be tough for Sweet lovers.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 05:59:51 No.8686447 Report Delete

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>>8686408
>>8686442

.. Forgot to mention that I was a different poster, not the one you were asking the question to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:01:20 No.8686452 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686477

>>8686210
>I'm totally broke, jobless, in college.
So you're like most cosplayers.

>I live in New Zealand and don't have any friends.
You have cons in NZ. Armageddon is alright IIRC. Cosplay and get involved in the community, you'll make friends there.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 06:42:08 No.8686477 Report Delete

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>>8686452
I'm a Kiwi and the NZ threads we have are really bad. Doesn't seem like an actual community.
I can understand why OP feels that way when there's about two chances to cosplay a year here and you see people in other countries doing a lot more. OP probably needs to be proactive and find people within the hobby instead of just sitting round focusing on the money side of things but it's not going to be easy here.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 08:13:16 No.8686533 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686640

>>8686244
26 is too old for cons now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 09:11:30 No.8686578 Report Delete

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>>8686244
>> thinking that grad school will automatically get you a well-paying job

Oh you sweet summer child. You need connections, too. It's a different type of whoring yourself out. Less skeevy, but still whoring yourself out. Good luck, seriously. Polish up that resume and get an internship at a fortune 500 company.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:13:35 No.8686613 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686657 >>8689935

>>8686244
>stopped after I got my BA because lol libarts
>made it pretty alright despite that
>didn't start cosplaying until last year
>am now 26

It's not that bad, anon. Just be aware that you are, in fact, a 26-year-old at the con. Hang out with other people your age and take care of the people younger than you so they don't do anything really stupid that they'll regret.

Think of it as practice for chaperoning your kid's school events in a decade, except the kids sometimes appreciate it. You're basically the team dad by default, so embrace it.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:58:24 No.8686640 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8686687 >>8691640

>>8686533
I'm 22 and I feel too old. Everyone seems to be stuck in some squeel-glomp-yaoi-paddle phase.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 11:17:01 No.8686657 Report Delete

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>>8686244
>>8686613
My boyfriend is 28 and his sister is 30. I tag along with them to cons from time to time and while he fits the role of the responsible chaperoning team dad perfectly... his sister is really no different than any of the sixteen year old squealing weebs there. She gives no fucks and seems to enjoy herself immensely.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 11:52:13 No.8686687 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8689669 >>8691640

>>8686640
>Everyone seems to be stuck in some squeel-glomp-yaoi-paddle phase.

This. It's really embarrassing to be a functional adult but still in "the fandom." There isn't a very populated middle ground between "autistic manchild" and "smug adult fan."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 11:55:17 No.8686690 Report Delete

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>>8686210
You aren't missing shit.

For every Mako-chan like the one in your post there are 40 hambeasts, crazy bitches, salty dudes, and perverts.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 12:02:55 No.8686696 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8689617

I get that being jobless and not having funds is going to play into not being able to cosplay, but I also don't have any cosplaying friends and i go to the one con we have here every year.
I go with my sister (she's nearing 30) but she's also still pretty weeby. I don't mind, it's one weekend we get to dress up (me) and act dumb (her).

If you really want to cosplay, go with simple things that don't cost a lot of money. You can be thrifty in cosplay and still make it look passable to good. You won't make it to "the best" lists but as long as you have fun, why not, eh? Then once you get money you can throw your disposable income on improving.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 12:44:27 No.8686740 Report Delete

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>>8686578
"Dickloads of money" refers to having an actual adult job as opposed to being unemployed. I know how my field works fam, already got dem internships. Just biding my time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:17:08 No.8686783 Report Delete

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>>8686442
>I've been lurking here and talking about buying a dress for at least 5 years
Well you may not be the other person but we have some shut in common.
I found out about lolita cause I found a book a long time ago with street snaps in it. I looked up the dresses and they were too expensive so I ignored it which is good because at the time I thought fairy kei and Decora were a part of lolita.. I didn't even know what Decora was but I would randomly incorporate band aids and hair clips in my bangs because I knew people elsewhere were doing it.
Now that I actually know what Decora is I'm not as interested.

I finally started making a decent amount of money this year so I can afford to drop 400 on a dress. I haven't yet, but I will.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 13:19:01 No.8686786 Report Delete

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>>8686408
At the moment I've only got 3 dresses and 6 skirts. When I first got into lolita in like 2010 I was stuck in a minimum wage job and had 0 disposable income, then decided to get my BA (after not being in school for years), was completely broke while getting that, and I've only just a few months ago found a job that actually pays a grown up wage (and I've not been able to spend much of it because a bunch of crazy shit has been happening)

I feel like I will be ancient by the time I get my shit together :(

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 14:11:53 No.8686856 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8688484 >>8689292

I'm 23, graduated from uni, and have a well paying job. But I can't drive, am chronically ill, and I don't have any friends. It's hard to maintain friendships when you don't have transportation and am prone to sudden sickness, and now that I'm out of college, I have no clue how to even make new friends.

I still manage to go to one local con a year, but wish I had more excuses to make cosplay shit. I don't even really care for going to the actual con (travel is tough when you're perpetually nauseated), but I just fucking love arts and crafts. I've been considering just learning more general fashion sewing/crafts and more general DIY things to quench this passion.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:14:09 No.8688472 Report Delete

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im a fat black dude so yeah,not many options.

my entire motivation for working out is cosplaying weeb shit.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 13:20:16 No.8688484 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8689430

>>8686856
>>8686856
as someone who drifted through college getting degree my parents wanted me to get, then burned out after a couple years in said industry (realizing there was no vertical advancement available without a master's), I ended up in a similar friendless boat as you

what i ended up doing was just working something i enjoyed (in my case in restaurant kitchens, which is how i got out of college virtually debt-free), and going out and just DOING things. board game nights, day hikes, rock climbing, building models, cheap robotics. after bit i got used to making myself get out of bed even on days off, if only to take a walk and read a book in a park (or do a shitload of house cleaning). eventually i got in contact with people who had shared interests and now my social life is more active at 27 than it was in college.

then again, I realize as an able-bodied male it's a different scenario but it worked for me.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:18:38 No.8688551 Report Delete

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Yep. Been lurking my whole life.

I started a cosplay four years ago and don't have the confidence to finish it because I'm afraid I'll end up in a cringe thread here.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 14:32:24 No.8688563 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8689292

I'm just one of those people that dabbles in a ton of hobbies but doesn't excel at any of them. I can sew a little, I know how to shop around on international sites, I like drawing and making some crafts, but it's not like I'm as good as anything I see online or at some conventions. The no friends thing also makes me wary of going to any cons or trying to join a comm or something.

>>8686442
>I'm 25 now and I've been lurking here and talking about buying a dress for at least 5 years. At least I'm mostly interested in Gothic which can work nicely for older people...
I finally jumped the hurdle into buying egl clothing because I turned 23. My birthday was terrible in general and browsing /cgl/ every week just made me get into this "oh shit, I'm actually getting too old to get into this sort of fashion" do or die mode.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 21:50:55 No.8689292 Report Delete

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>>8688563
My bday was terrible too anon but i turned 25, i feel at times too old not for lolita but in general like a big phobia of getting old since ages, odd... i look younger compared to my peers. It doesn't help i love pastel vomit sweet and plain gothic, i want to dress it when i'm old as fuck but i'm a shut in that rarely goes out for meets. I buy lolita items, i have some burando and i fear to not wear them enough.
I know the feel to not being that great in hobbies, i create really cute items but i'm a lazy bum lately, depression kicks out due to a traumatic event happened some months ago (love stuff), i need also to study for my exams. I need to get out from my hikki life.
>>8686856
I have a driving license thing is have a driving phobia. I'm full of anxiety i know.
I'm working on being a healtier human being, it's really hard i know.

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 23:26:42 No.8689430 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8689623

>>8688484
Just curious what degree did you get?

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Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 23:38:38 No.8689448 Report Delete

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>almost 30
>mid five digit salary
>still going to cons having fun
wouldn't be surprised if I hit 60 and still go to cons

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 02:25:44 No.8689617 Report Delete

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>>8686696
this is by far the most underrated post in this thread. Even if it's more thrifty cosplay, it's affordable and looks well enough to cosplay in. You can still get out there. I wouldn't be concerned about being cosfamous like salty bitches on here are. Just have fun and make friends.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 02:28:34 No.8689623 Report Delete

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>>8689430
psychology

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 03:22:39 No.8689669 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8691640

>>8686687
100% agree

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 10:34:15 No.8689935 Report Delete

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>>8686613
>Hang out with other people your age
I don't want to hang out with people under 18, but at the same time, I don't see why anyone over the age of 18 is "off limits". I donno, maybe it's just me getting a bit jaded at the fact that I won't be able to go out to cons until I'm done with school at the age of 24-25.

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 13:49:26 No.8690140 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8690633 >>8690637 >>8690799 >>8691211

I'd like to get into it, but I suck at hand sewing and have a phobia of sewing machines (don't ask)

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:21:03 No.8690633 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8691211

>>8690140
>phobia of sewing machines
>(don't ask)
>bringing personal baggage into a public setting
>'tee hee don't ask!'

fuck off any time attention whore

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 20:23:54 No.8690637 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8691211

>>8690140

Please kill yourself

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 22:27:27 No.8690799 Report Delete

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>>8690140
fuck off cunt

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 04:18:07 No.8691211 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8691216

>>8690140
Several options to consider:
Buy premade costumes
Buy clothes, have someone else alter
If you have someone to alter, have them help with the sewing part of the cosplay anyway, you can make the props or non-sewing details

Like OP said, just do it.

>>8690633
>>8690637
>>8690799
samefag pls

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 04:30:05 No.8691215 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>8691640

Fuck you guys, you are scaring me. I turned fucking 27 a month ago and i still love this culture like i did 7 years ago.

Please don't tell me im too old for this shit. I don't want to hide in my flat for the rest of my days.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 04:35:45 No.8691216 Report Delete

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>>8691211
Hm, wrong OP. That's what I get for having multiple threads open.

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Anonymous Thu 29 Oct 2015 13:26:54 No.8691640 Report Delete

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>>8691215

No. But like

>>8686687
>>8686640
>>8689669

have implied it's pretty hard to find people around your age that are just as big of fans but also don't make you cringe. I'm 27 as well and I have 1 IRL friend and 5 online friends who meet these criteria, heh.

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